Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Full reference: E. J. Petuch. 1988. New gastropods from the Maryland Miocene. Bulletin of Paleomalacology 1(4):69-80
Belongs to Fissurella according to E. J. Petuch 1988
Sister taxa: Fissurella (Balboaina), Fissurella (Carcellesia), Fissurella (Clypidella), Fissurella (Cremides), Fissurella (Fissurella), Fissurella barbadensis, Fissurella behri, Fissurella bipunctata, Fissurella costaria, Fissurella cumingi, Fissurella gibba, Fissurella labiata, Fissurella mississipiensis, Fissurella mus, Fissurella nimbosa, Fissurella nodosa, Fissurella perrini, Fissurella rixfordi, Fissurella rosea, Fissurella scobinellata, Fissurella squamosa, Fissurella stantoni, Fissurella volcano
Type specimen: ANSP 52845, a shell. Its type locality is Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm], which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in the St Marys Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Chancellor Point [St. Marys Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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